PACT members want Ala. to pay up

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - About 100 members of the Save Alabama PACT group paraded up Montgomery's main street to the state Capitol to attend a meeting of the board that oversees Alabama's Prepaid College Tuition Plan.

Organizer Patti Lambert of Decatur said the group wanted to show the board and state officials that participants in the plan expect the state to provide four years of college tuition, despite the plan's financial troubles.

The board is meeting Wednesday to get the latest financial information on how its investments are weathering the recession.

Save Alabama PACT wants the Legislature to shore up the program's finances.